Which to use
“Föhr” is a name and “font” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,948
- “Föhr” frequency rank
- #23,518
- “font” frequency rank
- 69466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Föhr | font |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine nordfriesische Insel vor der Westküste Schleswig-Holsteins | Schriftart |
Where the eye mixes Föhr and font
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. Föhr and font follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Föhr vs font
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Föhr is [føːɐ̯] while font is [fɒnt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Föhr is recorded at frequency rank #45,948, classified as aname, pronounced [føːɐ̯]. font is at rank #23,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɒnt].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69466, this pair ranks #475,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Föhr vs font
Shared letters: f. Private to "Föhr": hrö. Private to "font": not.
"Föhr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "font" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- font ← ffont · fnot · fonnt · fontt · fotn · ofnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Föhr" for "font" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Föhr" or "font" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Föhr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "font" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Föhr" and "font" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fock vs Föhr". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #475,745 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.